identity: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with I · ends with Y
Meaning of identity
noun
- countable, uncountable
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Example: Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.
- countable, uncountable
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
Example: I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
- countable, uncountable
A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
Example: This criminal has taken on several identities.
- countable, uncountable
An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
Example: The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x²−y² is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y.
Listed forms: identities.
Source: Wiktionary — identity.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for identity.
noun
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
- personal identity
- individuality
noun
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
- identity element
- identity operator
noun
exact sameness
- identicalness
- indistinguishability
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is identity in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of identity
I(1) + D(2) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + I(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of identity
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from identity
63 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in identity. Showing up to 24, longest first.